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Monday, May 2, 2016

MAY 1, 2016 - PETITCODIAC 22BR - RESULTS

It felt so good to come to a shoot, sit outside with the other shooters and not freeze half to death or brave a cold hurricane. Today the sun was up all day and even though it started out being a bit cold - 2 or 3C below zero, it warmed up quickly and the afternoon witnessed temperatures in the 18 to 20C range. Some of us even had our coats open or took them right off - WOW - spring has definitely come to New Brunswick.

Not only that, but the winds were very mild - in the 5 to 10km/hr range - with winds picking up a bit in the early afternoon. Even though they weren't punishing, the wind did do its tricky thing as is usual in Petitcodiac. For the first relay the prevailing wind was left to right and dead calm - or so it seemed. There was obviously something going on that wasn't obvious as bullets did not always hit where they were supposed to. The second relay saw more right to left winds and a lot less calm so a prevailing wind zero had to be found again.

Eighteen shooters enjoyed the day tremendously and did some pretty good shooting. Only 3 points separated the top 6 shooters.

Today, Volker T. was the match director and head scorer with John McC. doing scoring and verifying. Targets were set by John McC., Bert deV., Dave C., Dan G. and Volker T. Special thanks to Tony L. who rebuilt the frames and cleaned up the mess left by some irresponsible shooters in the days before the match. The ROs were Dan G. and Darryl K. Darryl K. and Barb J. were the photographers. And the treats? - all brought by Barb J. who seems bound and determined to spoil us. Many thanks to all for your contributions.